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Weymuller Upset: Manetta Rallies To Defeat USA's Latasha Khan

Trailing two games to one after being wiped out 9-1 in the third game, Italian standout Manuela Manetta responded with perhaps the finest effort of her young WISPA career in the final two games, using her excellent retrieving skills and improving touch to get to 8-3 match-ball in the fifth against sixth seed and U. S. national champion Latasha Khan and overcoming a bout of nerves at that stage to hold on for a 9-7 3-9 1-9 9-7 9-6 victory in
the last and easily most exciting match of the Weymuller Open round of 16 at the
Annex in Brooklyn Heights.

Manetta will now face Annelize Naude, one of six seeds to win 3-0 last night, who played too well for Runa Reta to offer much resistance. The only other match to require a fourth game was Lauren Briggs's four-game win over Amelia Pittock, who won the first game handily (9-1) before Briggs started finding the range at the outset of the second game and controlled matters from there.

The remaining results were top seed Rachael Grinham over Nicolette Fernandes, Sharon Wee over Chinatsu Matsui, Engy Kheirallah over Louise Crome, second seed and 2004 Weymuller champion Natalie Grainger over Suzie Pierrepont and Tricia Chuah over Meredeth Quick.

The quarterfinals begin at 5:30 this evening, with the semis set for 6:00 and 7:00 on Friday and a Saturday afternoon final

Carol Weymuller Open, Heights Casino, Brooklyn New York
FIRST ROUND RESULTS:

[1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) def [Q] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 9-0 9-6 9-3
[5] Sharon Wee (MAS) def [Q] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 10-8 9-2 9-5
[3] Engy Kheirallah (EGY) def [Q] Louise Crome (NZL) 9-5 9-3 9-0
[7] Lauren Briggs (ENG) def Amelia Pittock (AUS) 1-9 9-4 9-1 9-1
[Q] Manuela Manetta (ITA) def [6] Latasha Khan (USA) 9-7 3-9 1-9 9-7 9-6
[4] Annelize Naude (NED) def Runa Reta (CAN)
[8] Tricia Chuah (MAS) def Meredeth Quick (USA) 9-4 9-3 9-7
[2] Natalie Grainger (USA) def Suzie Pierrepont (ENG) 9-2 9-1 9-4